Word: withdrawals
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...South Africa and to wage an effective war on drugs. Yet other aspects of his foreign policy agenda remain highly suspect. Jackson says he will scrap a number of weapons systems, such as the MX, Midgetman, and Trident D-5 missiles, and two new aircraft carriers. He would also withdraw up to half of the U.S. troops stationed in Europe. Based on his support for the P L O and on his past anti-Semitic remarks, one must wonder to what extent Jackson will honor this nation's commitment to Israel, and how much he would criticize the Soviets...
...case a customer, apparently using a fictitious name, opened an account at Chicago's Northern Trust Bank and later deposited a $4,000 check drawn on an out-of-state bank. The customer could not withdraw the funds immediately because Northern Trust, like most banks, puts a hold on such a deposit for several days to see if the check will be returned for lack of funds. When the culprit came back in nine days, the check had not been returned, so the bank allowed a $4,000 withdrawal to be made. In this case, though, the check...
...Washington, once a source of strength at home, is ridiculed today by many Salvadorans, who feel that U.S. advice and assistance have brought no solutions to national problems. To make matters worse, the Christian Democrats have been tarred by corruption: one of their Assembly candidates came under pressure to withdraw from the campaign after disclosures that he was suspected of misappropriating as much as $2 million in U.S. funds...
Though the impasse in Geneva initially dampened hopes that Moscow would begin to withdraw its 115,000 troops by May 15, the date set by Moscow, the lack of an accord may not matter after all. A Foreign Ministry official declared last week that the Kremlin would pull out its troops "regardless of whether a Geneva peace agreement is ready...
...major decisions that reflected their desperation. First, they agreed to attend peace talks with the Sandinistas on March 21 in the Nicaraguan village of Sapoa. They thus dropped their once adamant demand that President Daniel Ortega Saavedra first institute internal reforms. The officials say they will probably have to withdraw half of the roughly 8,000 fighters from Nicaraguan territory by mid- April because of a lack of funds. "Obviously, we are going to the talks in a very weakened state," says a dismayed contra leader...